Karlee lives in a quiet town in southeastern Washington. Last year, she put in a new cedar fence around her home. The fence is 6 feet tall, and behind it Karlee grows tomatoes, zucchini, and marijuana. As it matures, the sweet smell of pot starts to waft into the neighborhood. This is Karlee’s cue that […]
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India: Government Considering Hemp Farming
Research should be done to maintain THC (Tetra Hydro Cannabinol) element in hemp as per the international norms in Uttarakhand, said Chief Minister Harish Rawat while chairing a meeting in Derhadun on Saturday. “Farmers should be given licence to cultivate hemp and its fibre and seed should be procured by the Bamboo and Fibre Board,” […]
The Landscape-Scarring Reality of Pot Farming
Starting about 90 miles northwest of Sacramento, an unbroken swath of national forestland follows the spine of California’s rugged coastal mountains all the way to the Oregon border. Near the center of this vast wilderness, along the grassy banks of the Trinity River’s south fork, lies the remote enclave of Hyampom (pop. 241), where, on […]